Jerusha Abbott is the “Oldest Orphan in the John Grier Home” until a mysterious benefactor decides to send her to college to be educated as a writer. Required to write him a letter once a month, she is never to know the benefactor’s identity — so she invents one for him: Daddy Long Legs. Although she knows the he will never respond to her letter she grows more and more fond of the elusive and kindly “old” gentleman. But another relationship soon begins to develop in Jerusha’s life. Jervis Pendleton is the well-do-do, “youngish” uncle of one of Jerusha’s Roommates. Who introduces her to the world of literature, travel, and adventure. Through her correspondence with Daddy Long Legs and growing intimacy with Jervis, Jerusha’s Letters chronicle her emergence as a delightfully independent “New American Woman.” Yet there is one startling fact that Jerusha has yet to uncover — a fact that will change her life forever.

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April 11th, 2024 — May 2nd, 2024